In an interview with Chet Holmes, writer and teacher Paul Scheele mentions a demonstration he does in his workshops. He sends a couple of people out of the room and the rest of the group decides on a simple task they want each of the people to perform (for example, going to the flip chart and writing something on it). When the first person comes in, Scheele rings a bell every time the person does something wrong. The result is that the person freezes and gets into a highly-anxious state and often never figures out what he’s supposed to do. With the second person, he rings the bell when the person does something right, and the result usually is that she figures out the desired behaviour and does so without any anxiety.
Regarding your writing, when are you ringing your own bell?
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